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Signs of Light
More Head, Less Heart
The Head And The Heart is a young band from Seattle who got recognized with their self-titled debut due to its irresistible sensitive…
Foxhole
The Proper Ornaments - A familiar sounding progression
A lot of complaints about the second The Proper Ornaments album Foxhole. It seems to come from the same quarters that didn’t like the way…
Marvin Pontiac: The Asylum Tapes
#tbt Marvin Pontiac: The Asylum Tapes
Marvin Pontiac was hit by a bus in June of 1977. The life of one of the most expressive music geniuses ended. He was born as a son of African father…
Blues
Jimi the Bluesman
Jimi is probably the most influential musician in rock music. He changed the way rock guitar was played and gave the genre its fiery spirit. Hendrix’…
She
Charity Ekeke Carries A Torch For Women’s Issues With She
Way back in 1971 at around the peak of the counterculture era an Australian singer/songwriter named Helen Reddy released a song called I Am…
Painted Ruins
Painted Ruins
The intricate compositions on the band’s fifth album are bound tighter than ever, evoking distant images and emotions that continually shift in and…
Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow (Remastered)
Recommendation for all Rock Lovers - Ritchie Blackmore's R-A-I-N-B-O-W
The one and only British rock band Rainbow fellas! I am so influenced by this band that when somebody says Rainbow the first thing I think of the band…
Love Ran Red
Chris Tomlin's Love Ran Red
Chris Tomlin is one of the most respected contemporary Christian artists. When listening to his music, one may find themselves immediately humbled…
Get Busy
Matisse refreshes his sound!
The Mexican romantic trio, Matisse, is debuting with the release of the reissue of his album '' Go up, Summer Edition '&#…
A Weekend in the City
Albums that turn 10 in 2017: Bloc Party, A Weekend in the City
I'm going to talk about something different in this series today. All the other 10 year articles have been about albums that I would consider as…
Automatic For The People
#TBT R.E.M.'s Best Of
When I can not overcome my inner demons, I just come over to my friend’s place and we listen to some evergreens. Try it out, it is more…
I Can't Go Home
I can't go home
The East New York rapper’s complicated relationship with wealth, poverty, and his neighborhood fuels his debut, an album about what happens when you…
Burst Apart
#tbt The Antlers: Burst Apart
Is there a bigger cliche in the world of music than an indie band from New York? Not many things come to mind and everytime something new and original…
After Robots
African Psychedelia
I first heard about BLK JKS sometime during 2010, I think it was during the world cup (one of their songs was featured on Fifa 10, If I remember right…
Wrong Crowd (East 1st Street Piano Tapes)
Wrong Album
British pop-soul gave birth to the new lion in 2013, when the album Long Way Down roared at the top of the charts all over the Western World. Twenty-…
The Weather
Thunder From Down Under a.k.a. POND
It seems to me that I am beginning almost every second review with the observation that many singers and bands are creating records bursting from…
Borders
What's up with Borders?
Lucky enough, it doesn’t happen all that often that a big news story actually makes it to my doorstep, or near enough anyway. For a few…
Positive Energy
Diät - Positive Energy
Diät are a pretty interesting deathrock/post-punk/garage rock band from Berlin. They released their first full-length album back in 2015 and…
The Jazz Side Of The Moon
The Jazz Side of the Moon
Playing and recording covers is a common thing among musicians. Actually it is one of the stages in learning how to play, compose, arrange and…
Wild Light
65daysofstatic
What would we do without postmodernism is one thing. What would artists do without is it more important question to ask. Just as postmodernism has…
TOO
Sarcastic Punk
By Stereogum, Fildar were named one of the best bands of 2012. This year, the one who is going to name them as such is me. Great debut album was a…
Damage and Joy
The Jesus and Mary Chain Bring Joy, but Also Damage
What can I say, but to scream of joy that The Jesus and Mary Chain have return in studio format? Now, how much sense does Damage and Joy make? I…
Northern Shore
432 Hz Universal Tuning brings Michigan based ThreePeace Divine Energy on Northern Shore
432 Hz Universal Tuning Bring Michigan Based ThreePeace Divine Energy on Northern Shore ThreePeace finds a divine energy source using 432 hz tuning…
Sea of Noise
The Bones are doing fine, thank you
Watching the ever popular BBC show Later... with Jool Holland, of course, late at nigh, can make you doze off. Paricularly if artist playing at that…
Memorandum
Autumn Is Coming
Dashing bearded guy with the suggestive falsetto and a guitar. This would be a perfect title for the movie about The Leading Guy, my new…
You Want It Darker
Leonard Cohen is a Swan
Good old Leonard drops albums at the speed of light, just as he would as he was at the beginning of his career. Three releases in the past four years…
Perfectamundo
Perfectamundo
There is a very interesting thing with rock n roll. No matter how old it is, it never dies. By some magic and alchemic techniques, the old and…
A Black Mile To The Surface
No Breakthrough For Manchester Orchestra
Manchester Orchestra are not from Manchester. They are not even from UK. They are not even orchestra. Manchester Orchestra are Americans from Atlanta…
Pure Comedy
Pure Comedy
Father John Misty is a consummate entertainer. On Pure Comedy, he questions the value of entertainment, capitalism, and everything…
DARKNESS AND LIGHT
The grey areas of John Legend
I think, out of all the R&B artists out there today, John Legend would have to be the best role model you can find. I'm not a fan. I don&#…
Love Sick
TALsounds - Dreamscapes From Foreign Places
Some fans of dream pop shoegaze and similar pop forms might shy away on the spot if they read or hear what TALsounds is doing on her new album, Love…
Caja De Música
El Suin A La Colombiana by Monsieur Periné
Music Box (2015), the second album of Colombian M onsieur perineum, given the recognition that since their debut album was expected. Winners of the…
Wonderful Wonderful
The Album That Took The Killers To The Top Of Charts
It's been a long time since the bass sounded this good in the music of The Killers. They give the best of themselves in the first seconds of dense…
Garden of Ashes
Later That Night…
Somebody listening for the first time to Duke Garwood would probably react by saying that he sounds a lot like Mark Lanegan. Very late night Mark…
Death Song
70s are Back In The Sound Of Black Angels
Good morning, America! Mornings were definitely better when Obama was a president, and many musicians seem to be aware of this. It seems like there is…
Heba
Lowly, A Brand New Newborn of DreamPop
I want to dream that you dream about the same dreampop next to me. If I was to write a song to my loved one, this is how it would begun. Not only that…
The Cutting Edge 1965-1966: The Bootleg Series, Vol. 12 (Sampler)
Bob Dylan's Beef Jerky
New Bob Dylan's bootleg release puts you in a position of a fly on the wall in the period when he was recording his key albums, the…
Cusp
Alela Is On Her Folk Stardom Path
Alela Diane is one of those American folk authors who was slowly and non-intrusively building her spot in the music world. She self-released her debut…
Life, Love And Faith
Mister Marmelade
Serious friends of rock n roll know what it means the term brother from the south. Southern music is an intersection of country, jazz, soul, gospel,…
The Beatles (Remastered)
#tbt The Beatles - White Album
Good boys The Beatles were anything but good on White album. Maraton recordings, changed in collaborators, departure of members, breaking of the band&…
Afterglow
ME, SARAH AND LGBT
I’m sorry to disappoint but I am not gay. However, a few years ago I found out me and LGBT have a weakness in common: Sarah McLachlan, the…
Keep Singing
Did you know that Rick Astley had kept singing?
He’s become such an icon for all the strangest reasons, but when Rick Astley had his breakthrough as a singer, in the 80s, he already was…
Tomorrow Is My Turn
Rhiannon > Rihanna
Spoiler alert: Rhiannon has nothing to do with Rihanna. Ok, they both like to sing r’n’b but that is where all similarities…
The Ride
Nelly Furtado Goes Full Indie
You all probably remember Nelly Furtado. Yes, it's that Portuguese-Canadian singer who is mostly known for her high pitch and drastic changes in…
Art of Asian Meditation
Turning Music Into Meditation
I have recently discovered Jean-Pierre Garattoni, and I am glad that he helped me discover Asian sound in his three-part combo titled Moods of Asia.…
22 Cents Less
Mina Is In The House!
It’s a pretty crowded house. You have Adele, Beyonce, Gaga, Perry and Pink. Swift and Sia, then there’s Rihanna and Del Rey,…
Sylvia Plath, 15 Poems from "Ariel"
The Side of Beauty and Darkness
Fifteen poems released in time for the year 2015. It is just right that the new generation will have the chance along with us who have journeyed this…
Forcefield
Track-By-Track Review: Tokyo Police Club's Forcefield
In 2014, Canadian alternative/indie band Tokyo Police Club released their latest album, Forcefield. So, how does it compare to their previous works,…
Annulment (Live)
Starting Form an Anulment
You couldn’t say that Mark Mulachy, the brain behind Miracle Legion is one of the luckier men in music. Didn’t look that way back in the mid-Eighties…
Nuestro Historial
Goon Mat and Lord Bernardo
When the bassist Stinky Lou decided to abandon music waters and to open his own bar (Lou's bar), the rest of the band knew that they will at least…
Blezard
Cavalier Song: Blezard
Cavalier Song are a Liverpool band consisting of Daniel Melia, Luke Mawdsley, Jason Dugdale, Mark Greenwood, Matt Ward and…
Kylie Christmas (Deluxe)
My new annual tradition
For me, the Christmas season really begins after December 5th. This is when radio stations turn into Christmas stations and it’s publicly…
Half a Century Sun
Island Music Shines
The first moment you encounter the music of Coti K.,“The Man From Managra”, a Greek guy form the Island of Tinos, you would be hard pressed to say…
8
Less to go until the Sunset Roll Festival.
Despite the difficult situation that exists in Venezuela, it is a great pride for all that music festivals are still made and that may present major…
New Skin
Another Member of The Strokes Goes Solo
Nick Valensi plays in The Strokes and corroborates musically almost anyone who contacts him. Now is the time for him to start his own thing, a project…
Surfacing to Breathe
Psych-Gaze Outfit Clustersun bewitch with Sophomore Album
Clustersun are back with a brand new album Surfacing To Breathe via Seahorse Recordings. Three years after their debut album , this…
Let The Dancers Inherit The Party
Let The Dancers Inherit The Party. Yes-yes!
For fifteen year, six-membered group from Brighton has been flying over British rock sky. In that time, they have released six studio releases with…
The Death and Resurrection of Krautock: Aum
Seven That Spells - The Death and Resurrection of Krautrock: Aum
Seven That Spells are a reasonably well-known Croatian krautrock/psychedelic rock band from Zagreb. They have become relatively well-known in the…
Você
Listen to a preview of La Lucha the new from La Vida Boheme
If we talk about Venezuelan pride, no doubt will have to name La Vida Boheme, because it is one of those few bands that with his music touches the…
Roya
Roya - Serious Pop
Anything that has something to do with the New Zealand masters The Clean will always get my attention. So when the name of Clean’s drummer Hamish…
Raging Speedhorn
The Heydey of Raging Speedhorn
The time passed by, but the unusual love within Raging Speedhorn is still strong. The love was lost; the presence was lost; even the band…
Dream
Angie Stone's Dream is like a musical story book
In a time where everything is about branding, you have to wear the brands, brand yourself, brand your product, pfff, it sounds so true to hear someone…
Somersault
Somersault is the new Surf, According to Beach Fossils
Third album of Brooklyn based indie collective titled Somersault represents a step forward in comparison to its predecessors Beach Fossils…
Stay Together
The Most Dissapointing Album Yet
Do you remember the time when Kaiser Chiefs were still a good band that kicked ass with their debut. At that time, it seemed that bands such as The…
Saxentric
Tenor Keeps The Right Note
If you are not familiar with Finland's Jimi Tenor, I guess you would probably first do a search on one of the general music sites. Among other…
In Mind
Current Critics Favourite - Real Estate Bashing
There is a standard tendency with rock critics, old and new - bring them up and then slam them down. I guess they take that critic word in…
Preoccupations
A Disinterested Listener Reacts To Preoccupations
Un oyente desinteresado reacciona a las preocupaciones por Joseph Kyle Debo admitir, que no / no tengo una opinión sobre el / la controversia…
Amplifier
Amplifier turn it up to eleven
Four-piece progressive rock band from Manchester, Amplifier produce expansive, reverb-washed alt-rock designed for better living. Think Soundgarden&…
Resistor
Go, Lera!
American singer-songwriter received worldwide recognition with her appearance in the TV show True Detective and contribution to its soundtrack.…
Product 3
Beat Connection Product 3 Album Review
Organic and wild, Beat Connection’s gives the listener a inside look on modern electronic indie pop. These four young musicians from…
Iron Mountain
“Iron Mountain” by Michael Brondstetter
In 1888 in the “Maxims and Arrows” section of his book “Twilight of the Idols” German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche famously said, “Was mich nicht…
Saluting Sgt. Pepper
Django Bates - Takes On Sgt. Pepper
In a year which saw such (deservedly) lavish celebrations of The Beatles all-time masterpiece Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band you…
Wildflower
Wildflower's debut
UK trio Wildflower (Idris Rahman on sax and flute, Leon Brichard on bass, and Tom Skinner on drums) has delivered a very promising debut with their…
Dark Sky Island
Wake Up, Enya!
Eithne Ni Bhraonain, known as Enya Brennan or simply Enya is the most-sold Irish artist in the history of the world. Maybe she is born with it, and…
Welkya
Welkya
“Welkya” is an album I first heard when it came out in 2006. It was around the time when I first had the chance to personally meet with Theodosii…
Lost Time
Surf-Pop is Not Dead
Surf-pop was sub-genre that occupied the collective mind of hipsters at the beginning of 2010s. I am writing in past tense, as the genre itself lost…
The Last Stand
Recycle Metal
Sabaton is on their way on becoming a recycle band and it is going to be difficult to negate this for everyone who knows the band from the beginning…
Between Two Shores
Glen Hansard Ain't Fooling Nobody
I'm tired of thinking of you, baby, harshly lashed out Glen Hansard on a conveniently titled track Movin' On. Ummm, the only problem is that…
Long Vivid Dream
Discolor Blind 'Long Vivid Dream' a Highly Dramatic Cinematic Offering
Discolor Blind is music that mixes melancholy with that silver lining of hope, for romantics running a fine line between harsh realities and sweet…
Everything Is a Lie
Dead Rabbits - Everything Is A Lie
Dead Rabbits are a neo-psych/shoegaze/psych rock band from the United Kingdom. Their latest album ''Everything Is A Lie'' came out…
Fantasy Empire
Lightning Bolt - Fantasy Empire
Lightning Bolt is a renowned American avant-garde noise rock/math rock band. The duo who make up this great genre surpassing noise rock band have…
Ruins
Wolf People Use Mythology as A Weapon For Dealing with The World
Wolf People is a band from UK, formed in 2006. Until now, they had released four albums, and are currently promoting Ruins. Since 2009, they are…
La Vie Est Belle / Life Is Beautiful
Experimental Happiness
Whenever I am listening to this artist, I dream about Africa. Yannick Iiunga from Cape Town is the new name on the music scene. After the successful…
So Proud
#tbt - Brian Wilson Reimagines Gershwin
In a mature phase or their lives, many artists return to what inspired them when they were young. Bob Dylan would turn to the 30s and 40s of the past…
Lotta Sea Lice
Courtney Barnett, Kurt Vile's Puppet?
What can you get when you combine one of the most intriguing musicians that appeared in the past few years on Australian independent scene and…
Afro-Caribbean Mixtape
Full Blossom of Nicholas Payton
It is not always easy to follow and understand creations of 21st century jazz musicians. One of them, Nicholas Payton, has been tentative for over a…
Division
Shannon Wright At The Pinnacle of Her Career
Shannon Wright dropped her 10th album this year titled Division. This author from Atlanta creates forcefully and consistently,…
I Decided.
I Decided
I Decided. attempts to bury Big Sean’s wide mean streak and present the 28-year-old in a mature light. 2015’s Dark…
Silver Eye
Goldfrapp Continues To Experiment
Here is a band born with tendency to experiment with various genres and subgenres. In the wake of their tenacity to swim upstream instead of following…
Don't Let The Kids Win
The Kids Won After All
A while back KatCigarette, reviewing one of Julia Jacklin’s singles warned you in these (web)pages what you could potentially expect from her album “…
Teens Of Denial
The Complexity of Teen Rebellion
Will Toledo is an unbelievably prolific author, the one who released ten albums in a period of just six years. Albeit he has been active…
Hiss Spun
Darkness is Chelsea Wolfe's Middle Name
Californian princes of darkness dropped her sixth release at the end of September with which she knowledgeably continues to take us through the dark…
After The Storm
Jacko Hooper - After The Storm EP
After The Storm relates to the mindset that these songs were written. Each song is a reflective viewpoint on a personal story or scenario…
The Original High
Getting High on Generic Tunes?
We are often seeing how talent shows give birth to stars revolving around pop and pop-rock genre. Adam Lambert is a perfect example for it. After…
Root/Void
Jams Keep on Rolling
MV + EE or for the uninitiated, Matt Valentine and Erika Elders keep on making their tasty jam rolls. Like this song from their new album Root/Void, &…
Are You Ready For Me
Are You Ready For Pretty Vicious?
Pretty Vicious are one of the most hyped bands in British music at the moment. Four teenagers from Merthyr Tydfil, Wales, they are Elliot…
2 Ynfynyty
Cherubs - 2 Ynfynyty
The Austin noise-rock legends Cherubs came out with their first album in almost a decade earlier this year. Everyone who are into noise-rock are…
Abysma
Ticking to the Right Beat
It seems that Will Wiesenfeld, the guy behind Geotic (or more plainly, earthly) likes to categorize things, including the music he makes. He…
Coco Hames
Ex Leader of The Ettes Goes On A Solo Ride
Sometimes, it would be good to start from the beginning, to leave old crew and the baggage of the past behind and move in a completely different…
Within and Without
#tbt Washed Out: Within and Without
The year was 2009 and I was just starting my university. I moved to a big city and started exploring subcultures and listening to the subgenres that…
Amazing Game - Instrumental Music
It is really amazing
Paolo Conte is mostly known to casual jazz fans for his languid piano and gruff vocals sung predominantly in Italian. He was able to break the…
Roll With The Punches
Van Morrison May Not Deliver Masterpieces Anymore, But Who Cares, It's Still Good
Diligent ants are rarity in the history of rock. Neil Young, maybe Bob Dylan and Van Morrison were one of the few who marked each decade after 60s…
Holiday Of Love
Simply Well Done
Who doesn't want a holiday of love? Everyone wants a holiday and if it is one filled with love, I think everyone would want that. But what if we…
Won't Be There
Luke Reed - One For The Summer
If you tried to count the number of gifted young musicians with a thousand song ideas in their head, playing and recording them in a number of bands,…
Burn the Witch
Radiohead's New Album. How Do You Really Feel About It?
First of all, I want to say that I am the biggest fan of Radiohead. I even have a mouse-bear tattoo that served as a logo for their Kid A era. With…
Monochrome
Cavanagh Revives Hope For Anathema
Daniel CAvanagh is the main creative force of famous Liverpool collective Anathema. Fans know that If there are ten songs on Anathema record,…
Midnight Sun
The Ghost of a Saber Tooth Tiger - Midnight Sun
The apple doesn't fall far from the tree. Here we have a big apple that fell not far from the huge tree; the tree being John Lennon and the apple…
Tapestry
#tbt Carole King: Tapestry
I came across Tapestry last week while scrolling through my instagram. My friend posted album cover and wrote the caption: best LP ever. I was…
Magma
Taking It Cool
After pretty unexciting L'Enfant Sauvage, Gojira are back with their newest offering called Magma. The first notable thing you’ll notice…
The Atlantic Years In Mono
Giant Steps
“Giant Steps” is a very important album, especially for aspiring jazz musicians. It’s the record that firmly put the so…
Process
Sampha Drops Debut Album Of The Year
You know when you see a shooting star and make a wish? You know how rare that happens? Well, I feel the same when I hear a good debut album…
We Are All Just Floating Objects
A journey too short
So, I have a new roommate, he’s from Ireland and seems like a really cool dude. He’s also a musician, and the main reason for his…
House in the Tall Grass
Kikagaku Moyo - House in the Tall Grass
Kikagaku Moyo are a well-known Japanese psychedelic rock band, who essentially mix psychedelic rock, space rock, psychedelic folk and acid folk…
Paradise
WEEKEND EP DUEL: Anohni vs Blonde Redhead
ANOHNI Vs Blonde Redhead Consider following review as a double review, rather than a battle between two EPs. There are not easy to compare,…
Late Nights: The Album
Late Nights with Jeremih...
We already know how much soul power this man has, yet he still manages to surprise us again with his latest album project&…
Cá Entre Nós
Bossa For The Gloomy Weather
Brazilian singer Wanda Sa is not hiding her mature years on the cover of her new album Ca Entre Nos. She feels she has nothing to hide or be ashamed…
Honeymoon
The Biggest Narcissist Of Them All
Estoy enamorado de mí, pero yo creo que no es mutuo. Creo que debería ser el nombre del próximo disco de Lana del Rey. Si se hubiera…
Ego
Drop the Mic for Bibi Bourelly
Pop, R&B or Hip-Hop has a special place (not only in my soul) but in the creative verse of our everyday language. Bibi Bourelly may have her…
Rosewood Almanac
Will Stratton IIs An Inspiration For Anyone Struggling With Cancer
Rosewood Almanac is the sixth studio album by Will Stratton, musician currently residing in New York. Will studied philosophy for a short while before…
The Getaway
get away
I finished listening to the album when my neurons twisted lyrics for taking what they thought. I could not leave unscathed the auditory delight, he…
Villains
What Do QOTSA Stand For Now?
After proving himself in Kyuss, John Homme was walking through several projects and bands, profiling himself into a rock icon that does seem like an…
Curse of Lono EP
Curse of Lono - EP With Just One Problem
Por lo general, tengo un problema con EP. Son ese territorio término medio, que no es ni (preferiblemente un golpe) sola, ni un disco de mú…
Not Even Happiness
Not Even Happiness
Singer-songwriter Julie Byrne’s new album has the lucidity and tactility of a healing crystal. Not unlike Phil Elverum, she …
Creepy from the Hood
Foyone and Merkules - Creepy from tha hood
Representatives of Rap-core Merkules and Foyone, this time in collaboration presented its new discogrpafico material and latest album in EP format.…
Weathered Meat
Nearly Dead - Weathered Meat
Nearly Dead is a Canadian noise-rock band from British Columbia, and they have so far released a handful of fine noise rock albums. The latest of…
The Wilderness
Growth and Rebirth
Explosions in the Sky (EITS) is one of the most emblematic post-rock bands, and for good reason, their lengthy instrumental pieces with little more…
Big Inner
The Big Inner of the Big White Man
Matthew E. White is an American artist that came on strong from the start, with a voice of his own and gained international following instantly. As…
The Piano: Music From The Motion Picture
Michael Nyman’s The Piano
Michael Hyman is a respectable movie scorer and opera composer who is known for his use of otherworldly textures and harmonies. Use of sustain in one…
in•ter a•li•a
At The Drive-In - in•ter a•li•a [Album Review]
When you release an album recognized by many as the best post-hardcore release ever, there’s not much to do than to call it quits and focus on other…
CHANGE
Ella Mai Change Album Review
It may seem that time is sometimes simply relative, but when it comes to specific Time, from February 15th, the essense is much…
Take Her Up To Monto
Mama Ro
The ex lead singer of legendary band Moloko released her third studio album last year, titled Hairless Toys. The album was experimental, as everyone…
Dangerous Woman
Ariana Grande Is a Dangerous Woman
When it comes to beautiful and charismatic women Ariana Grande is definitely one of them. She has a very powerful voice that is merciful at the same…
In Love with a Ghost
Daniel Land announces solo album In Love With A Ghost
Daniel Land After a three year hiatus, Daniel Land has announced the forthcoming release of his In…
Breakfast Alone
Little Bandit - Breakfast Alone
Nashville is not all about country pop and traditional country and here is a proof for it. Little Bandit offers something unique. Their album…
Cigarettes After Sex
Cigarettes After Sex are Like a Cigarette After Sex - Pleasurable
Cigarettes After Sex have become a YouTube sensation with the single Nothing’s Gonna Hurt You Baby. As it goes, the views were rising, and the song…
Profession chanteur
Profession singer, and a few other things too
So nice to have your label, and Freaksville is a very good indie label, that can put out your stuff. And Belgian singer Benjamin Schoos has…
Anthems for Catharsis
thisquietarmy - Anthems For Catharsis
The Canadian one-man feedback filled blackened psychedelic drone doom/shoegaze band thisquietarmy came out with a new album last year, and what a…
More Scared Of You Than You Are Of Me
more Scared Of You Than You Are Of Me Is Encouraging
If you are sick of studio albums of Bruce Springsteen, and you are looking for something similar but more powerful, The Smith Street Band have been…
Human
How Human Is Rag 'N' Bone Man
In the first ten seconds of the song Human that opens this same titled album, you will figure out everything you need to know about the man who stands…
Whatever It Takes
James Hunter is in Full Power
From the 80s of the past century, James Hunter has been making a true retro r&b. He caugh everyone's attention in the middle of the 90s…
A Wonderful Seed
Mysterious Ms. Sandoval Reappears, Again
So, Hope Sandoval and her mystery are back with us again. It has been 26 years since she first appeared along with former Rain Parade co-leader David…
Everything You've Come To Expect
The Last Shadow Puppets Return
Duo made of Alex Turner (leader of Arctic Monkeys) and Miles Kane (The Rascals and Little Flames) does not need a special introduction, although it…
Purple
Purple is The Color of Metal
Maybe a broken soul is evidence you have one. Even though many people are not aware of it, rock and metal are usually born out of broken soul or…
Fly or Die
All That Jaimie Branch
Every once in a while, a man remembers that jazz music might be one of the best music genres out there. It is almost impossible to be indifferent when…
Barefoot in the Head
Chris Robinson Brotherhood - Country Psychedelia in Full Swing
Many fans of what is loosely called classic rock are still mourning the demise of Black Crowes, but its former singer Chris Robinson and his…
Charlene
Classic Soul vibes: The Taste Of Charlene
Seemes like forever `till this day. Wheew! A long and heavy burden finally fell and the spiritual sessions may start. It was worth the wait, and our&…
Complete Third
A Cult Star That Should Definitely Have Been Big
Here with us again is another incarnation of an album about love turned into a disaster that at the time it came out was proclaimed a disaster. Later…
The Dreaming Room (Japan Version)
Laura Mvula Leads The New Era Of Soul
From the very intro and the first song of the new album by Mercury Prize nominee from Birmingham, we can hear that this is a highly produced,…
Majestic (Live)
Kari Jobe's Majestic (LIVE)
Worship singer Kari Jobe is a singer who is just dripping with the holy spirit. Many of the songs that she sings on her albums are full of the spirit…
Caught In Time, So Far Away
Nocturnal Nostalgia
Canadian dream-pop duo You'll Never Get to Heaven's (Chuck Blazevic and Alice Hansen) ghostly EP Adorn (2014) bears some…
Hero Of War
Have You Seen the World? What Would You Say If I Said That You Could?
Hero of War, originally released in 2008 on the 5th studio album of the alternative/punk rock band Rise Against, was the first release with guitarist…
Wild Thoughts
Wild copy or wild creation?
There’s something bugging me about DJ Khaled’s “Wild Thoughts”. The song has been causing a stir from the moment the video was dropped with Rihanna in…
Statuette
Ecofeminist Bossa Nova
“Statuette” is the third glimpse of Metric/Broken Social Scene singer Emily Haines’ sophomore album Choir of the Mind under the Emily Haines &…
Leaving LA
Father John Misty's Leaving LA: A Portrait of the Artist as an Ironic Prophet
Five years ago, when Joshua Tillman had just ‘buried’ his music catalog under the J. Tillman moniker to start performing as Father…
Uno Mismo
What does public transport sound like in Caracas?
Vallenato, reggaeton, but is mostly salsa and merengue, Latin sounds, including Christian music, or music Ballads 80 and 90, those with less…
Rest Your Love
Teenage Wreckage
The Vamps are the newest british boy band to come out from across the pond. Now with The Vamps gaining some notoriety within the last year, seeking…
그리워해요 Missing You
SONG REVIEW: 2ne1's Missing You
2ne1's Missing You: A Masterpiece Personally I like songs that are depressing and lonely so I was so happy when I learned that 2ne1 would be…
Elevator Operator
Profound Mundanity
Melbourne singer-songwriter-guitarist Courtney Barnett's 2016 Grammy nomination for Best New Artist propelled the Australian indie darling to a…
I Know You Can Hear It
It's a Pleasure to Hear This
The first time I heard Dear Reader was on a South African TV show, where she sang a snippet of her song, Ode to Confusion live. From that moment, I…
Gracious Tempest - Live
When they speak in a song
Who does not remember the intro of Never will mourn or I'll Never Break Your Heart by The backstreetboys, or in certain rap songs like I&…
Lemon
Swagger Overshadows Wokeness on N*E*R*D and Rihanna's Lemon
Lemon is Pharrell Williams and Chad Hugo's comeback hit as N*E*R*D, an outré funk rock side project…
The Boxer
Simon and Garfunkel's The Boxer
Talk about a story seldom told about a poor boy that didn’t get to do much or have much. Drop it into the timeline of the sixties, complete…
Whole Wide World - Unpeeled
Cage The Elephant Covers Iconic Song By Wreckless Eric
Whole Wide World by Wreckless Eric had to be a monumental song while being a teenager, clear and simple. After hearing for a few days that Cage the…
Roxy
Sibling Cooperation
After releasing two albums - Cults(2011) and Static(2013) - New York indie duo Cults (vocalist/guitarist…
Talk Baby Talk
Why Can't We Just Talk About It?
There's a rare kind of timeless maturity in Brisbane singer-songwriter Emma Louise's vocals on Talk Baby Talk, a single from her second album&…
Alarm
Still coming to her own
In the business, we like artists that come into the studio with a clear idea of what they want and who can give a reference to another track or singer…
Karma Police
The Subtle Artistry of Karma Police
As a counter-argument in his trial for impiety and corrupting youth, Socrates famously said that the unexamined life is not worth living. It is my…
Offa My Hands
On Offa My Hands, Jessica Lea Mayfield Needs Every Single DNA Strand Gone
On Sorry is Gone, the title track and lead single from Ohio country-rocker Jessica Lea Mayfield's fourth album, was a breezy, charming,…
Major Tom
Hard-hitting American dramas want you to like this song
Whoever has seen both shows can agree that Breaking Bad and The Americans are two of the best dramas of the last ten years. Both shows are firmly…
1957
I'll Go To You
Tales of abandoned lovers are nothing new. However, the spin that Milo Greene, an LA indie-pop band of 5, not one person as many people think, (Milo…
Beggin & Pleadin
Brandy Gears up For Metamorphosis
Remember Brandy? Yes, precisely the one who use to be our R&B dope in the 90s. The latest news brewing on the Brandy front is a new…
Mythological Beauty
Big Thief Open A Cinematic View Into The Vision That is Mythological Beauty
Capacity the second album coming from Big Thief follows vocalist/guitarist Adrianne Lenker through the stories she has lived throughout her life. One…
Stand by My Girl
The Uneasy Gender Politics of Dan Auerbach's Stand By My Girl”
Femmes fatales have long been primary fixtures in cinema and art, captivating the viewer with their alluring beauty, moral ambiguity, and potentially…
Fantasy
A funky fantasy
How do you review a single by a singer who’s deceased? Especially when the artist has been so vocal about artistic freedom as George Michael. But a…
Song For You
Rhye's “Song for You” Evokes Empathetic Intimacy
LA alt-R&B outfit Rhye (Mike Milosh, sans Danish producer Ryan Hannibal) recently released “Song For You”, the…
One Day - New Album Version
Hoping for that One Day
With each new year that comes, whether we intend to or not we usually have this anticipation for good things to happen within this fresh year. Simply…
Find Me
Sigma feat. Birdy Adds A Depth Of Emotional Turmoil
After the rough actions of the United States, music seems like a safe haven even more than ever. Somehow Sigma's newest music video for 'Find…
Thief
Ansel Elgort Tackles A Thief
Full of Pop hooks, 1980's sonic rhythm and a need for sexual speed? Yes, Ansel Elgort known mainly for his acting ability than his new musical…
Green Light
A Dramatic Confession for the Dancefloor
Writing Pure Heroine was my way of enshrining our teenage glory, putting it up in lights forever so that part of me never dies, and this…
It Will Come Back
Hozier Howls Along To It Will Come Back
Whether it's the end of a relationship or an unrequited love, everyone goes through the motions of waiting to end it all of else. Hozier seemed…
Solo Yo
Only Me the new Sofia Reyes and Prince Royce
Mexican actress and singer shared in their social networks two weeks ago the lyrics of the new song title solo, this has the support of Prince Roy,…
Lights and Shadows
Lights and Shadows
Girl group O’G3NE will represent The Netherlands at the Eurovision Song Contest this year. They are truly among the best of talent we have in The…
Shine A Light
A Grand, Soulful Empowerment Anthem
Initially known as Raines, Liverpool-based singer-songwriter Mike Nelson changed his stage name to BANNERS with the release of Shine the Light - a…
Colors
Halsey's Colors has the Most Intriguing Music Video Ever
I just wanted to talk about my new favorite artist. Halsey will be known mostly because of her part of the hit single Closer by the Chainsmokers but…
Take My Pain Away
The Human in the Machine
Moullinex means attention to detail. A careful craft of melodies, a strong sense of human touch in machine-based music, the melodrama of swirling…
Baila Conmigo
Juan Magan invites you to dance with his new single
This time the famous Spanish producer has teamed up with the London singer Luciana for the creation of this new topic. A few days ago have made the…
Hologram
Scream Over The Hologram
An intelligent life form possibly from this world or living on another, is the main focus of Crown The Empire's music video 'Hologram'.…
Drag Me Down
One Direction: “Nobody” Can Drag Me Down
Love is a powerful element in a man’s life. This rhythmic pop song, sung by the popular British-Irish boy band “One Direction&…
Warm Whiskey Nights
Justin Ryan warms our hearts with Warm Whiskey Nights
Everyone loves a good story, A good story will keep you interested and it will keep you really connected with the main character; to feel what it is…
Ophelia
Shakespearean Folk-Pop
After toiling in obscurity for years, New York-via-Denver trio The Lumineers scored a breakthrough hit with 2012's Ho Hey: a fun, sweeping,…
Closer
Come 'Closer' With Chainsmokers!
When we talk about EDM, there are so many artists on the list to mention, there’s Calvin Harris, David Guetta, Avicii, Ellie Goulding. But…
Cheers Darlin'
Cheers and Goodbye
'Cheers Darlin' idolizes a subsection of music that stays hidden beneath the floor boards until one night, someone decides to do some digging.…
Everybody Knows
Kimbra's Everybody Knows Addresses Our Post-Weinstein Climate
When Kiwi singer-songwriter Kimbra announced the release of her upcoming third album Primal Heart (19 January 2018) to her fans…
Runaway (feat. The Original Wailers)
About reggae and love
We all have a song to listen for a few seconds, we know the letter, who is the subject or genre. It is as if an emotion invade your whole body and…
No Worries
Remaking Someone Like You
Since the success of Alice, music producer, remix master and plunderphonics expert Pogo (Nick Bertke) has been highly popular with animation studios.…
Ruin
Ruins For You And Me
Cat Power has always been something of a mystical force. Kind of like Fiona Apple, Hope Sandoval and Kim Gordon mixed up and laid out on a sheet of…
Te Cambiara La Vida (Version Alterno)
Cycle 2- Venezuelan music
When you ask Venezuelan about Venezuelan music, usually they think of llanera music, a sound that emerges in the Venezuelan plains, and was…
Mourning Sound
Enigmatic Rhapsody
Critically acclaimed Brooklyn/LA indie rock quartet Grizzly Bear's new music video for “Mourning Sound” - “a playful…
What Do You Mean? - Acoustic
Am I a Belieber?!
First things first. I am NOT a Belieber. I never was... but after listening to the acoustic version of this song, I cannot say I never will. I did say…
Nothing in Return
Monsune's Nothing In Return is a Euphoric Ode to Unrequited Love
The lyrical substance of “Nothing in Return”, the debut single from 20-year-old Toronto-via-Ontario singer-songwriter,…
PILLOWTALK
Zayn and his new start
Zayn Malik was the first of One Direction to leave, and now, he’s the first of One Direction to release a solo single and it’s…
Touch
A Bit Of Fun With Little Mix
Little Mix does not mess around when it comes to all things girl groups should be. In case you were wondering what one of the best groups out there…
Still Feel Like Your Man
John Mayer brings out his whimsical best in brand new video
There’s always a first. And, John Mayer fans are about to be treated to one such first as the singer shows off his awkward dancing skills in a fancy…
Young And Menace
Fall Out Boy Traces New Ground And Break Promises With Young And Menace
Who knew Fall Out Boy would last this long in the Indie game? By starting out as a Pop Punk band throwing caution to the wind and starting a semi-…
December
This Christmas We Chill with Ari
Well, you know it`s all about them Holidays and like usual, every artist`s focus is exactly on that; giving you that new special feeling, a new…
All I Want for Christmas Is You
What We Still Want for Christmas
Yup, we've heard about it. The song that ruled over all Christmas tunes streaming into our ears as we go holiday shopping for the last 20 years…
Trouble
Trouble Stays Close To The New Respects
Don't you just love when a band falls into your lap? Or happens on your television? That was the case with The New Respects elegantly racing track…
Moist
Anna Lann's Moist Presents a Surreal Eco-feminist Critique
Tel-Aviv-via-Latvia musician, producer, and DJ Anna Lann recently gained a VEVO account, and one can only hope for more output from the enigmatic…
Air
Airy Inertia
Juno and Hanna are a Malaysian synth-pop duo that consist of siblings Hanif (production) and Hanna (vocals). With the release of Air last year (from…
Closer
Closer
For the first 10 seconds, the song sounds like it’s building to something monumental: thundering piano chords, sweeping synth washes, and a swelling…
False Alarm
The Weeknd abuses violence with False Alarm
Who remembers the virtual reality game Call of Duty, which attracted many and became the daily work of many young people just waiting to leave school…
Cleopatra
Regards, Regret
The Lumineers are no strangers to the indie scene. With the celebratory success of “Ho Hey” from their self-titled debut album, they were under a lot…
Fruit
The Darkwave Duchess
Born in Queens, New York and raised in London, R&B singer-songwriter Abra is now based in the American rap capital of Atlanta, Georgia as the…
Caught up in the Tears
Vexine Gets Caught Up in New Single
Virginia mainstays, VEXINE, have shared their new piece Caught Up in the Tears. One of my personal favorites from their new album Little Sin…
Million Reasons
Gaga's reasons to rise above
It is never my objective to write about an artist several times over. I do try to variate in my blog topics as much as possible, but I’m…
Sunshine
Peter Salett Uses Sunshine To Possess A Single Kind Of Love
Peter Salett's acoustic number Sunshine could border on Country, however, Salett instead touches upon a more Acoustic Indie paradox. I came across…
Clementine
Her Name isn't Clementine?
I had no inkling of who Sarah Jaffe was when I clicked on a link to ‘Clementine’ (it was a recommended video on my Youtube account…
Paranoia
Only The Paranoid Can Understand Paranoia
As far as producers go, they also tend to be the musician behind a big name song or even another artist. Max Frost may be a name that has been missing…
In Heaven
Not Your Typical Sugar Pop
As sugar filled as your favorite cereal, Japanese Breakfast fastens Pop bubblegum/dream sounds into the Indie art realm of lyrics. Even vocally,…
Say Something Loving
Pushing Boundaries
“Our comfort zone is a very small place.” Romy Madley Croft, While fans might appreciate…
Atoms
Post-Break up Chill
I can see why Atoms, a track from Roses - the debut album from Atlanta-based Awful Records' 'Darkwave Duchess' Abra -…
I Need A Silent Night
Needing That Silent Night
Fourteen evenings from now and it will be Christmas eve. And my search for Christmas songs to play for the season continues. While doing so, I came…
Afterhours feat. Diplo & Nina Sky
NEW HOT JAM: TroyBoi-Afterhours ft. Diplo and Nina Sky
London naitive, TroyBoi, a one time versatile multi genre music producer and a part of a Dj duo SoundSnobz, is one hard working man machine. Currently…
FAB. (feat. Remy Ma)
JoJo keeps it real
There are many songs that talk about fake friends, but none sound as sweet as JoJo's FAB. Don't let the title mislead you. Fab is not…
Not Discuss It
St. Beauty's “Not Discuss It”: A Tender Plea for Interpersonal Peace
“Caught”, the lead single from St. Beauty’s debut EP Running to the Sun (January 19, 2018), was the perfect introduction…
How Far
Palpable Physicality
The end of March will coincide with the release of Crawl Space, Tei Shi's much anticipated debut album. A second music video -…
Boyish
Hippo Campus' Boyish Exuberance
It's hard to believe Minnesota indie rock quartet Hippo Campus have not actually released their debut album yet, given the success of their first…
Alone Together - From the musical production
JAZZ STANDARDS Vol.16 - Alone Together
“Alone Together” is a song composed by Arthur Schwartz with lyrics by Howard Dietz, introduced for the first time in Jean Sargent&…
Close
Getting Close With Nick Jonas Ft. Tove Lo
Nick Jonas, a singer/songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and actor best known as one-third of the hugely popular Disney Channel sibling pop/rock act…
Lingus
SNARKY PUPPY: A Casual Listener’s Review
I will be honest: I am no musician, much less a music critic. My encounters with Jazz are limited to a few presentations of my son’s High…
Switch Up
Sobae is Here to Switch Up Future R&B
The relatively narrow space that Asian and Asian American artists have carved out for themselves in the Anglophone American music market has been, for…
Voodoo Doll
So Above As Below
A part of me wants to write about the sinister qualitues administered on this track...however the other outstanding qualities need to be heard or read…
Mrs. Potato Head
A Song that Tackles Plastic Surgery
It’s not the first time songs took on social issues with finesse, but Melanie Martinez just got to a graphic and creative level with Mrs. Potato Head.…
Hotline Bling
Hotline Bling Was So Fire, It Started Some of Its Own.
We all knew that the Hotline Bling music video was going to be straight fire. And, as expected, it was. However, the…
We Don't Talk Anymore (feat. Selena Gomez)
Charlie Puth and Selena no longer speak?
It 's been months since they are promoting this song We Do not Talk Anymore, which is the third single from the latest album by Charlie Nine…
Indian Summer
A Sit Down With Shakambo
We had the chance to sit down with Shakambo, an artist & producer putting his own twist on the Lofi sound. Learn more about the inspiration…
P.O.W.A
A True Divergent Strikes Again : MIA
Even though accepted under some alternative Pop drawer, and it could easily go even under alternative R`n`B, I…
Miss You
James Hersey's Miss You
I'll admit, what drew me to this track on Apple Music was definitely the cover art. I'm a sucker for cool packaging, and I'm pretty sure I…
Yo Te Recuerdo - Version Salsa
Dynamic Duo Marc and JuanGa recreate “I Remember You”
A Living Legend Mexican beloved Juan Gabriel at this time meets the great salsa Marc Anthony for the interpretation of this song called I'll…
Try Again
Trying the Chef'Special
Dutch pop-rock band “Chef’Special” have just released a new single called “Try Again”. It’s been a while since I’ve heard from them. The last song I’…
Anointed
Blaqk Audio - Anointed
Davey Havok and Jade Puget are Blaqk Audio an industrial electronic band. Though best known for their work with multi-platinum…
Love On The Brain
Rihanna's brainchild
I’m not the biggest Rihanna fan. There’s a side to her that I don’t like, but then there are aspects of her and her artistry that I do like. It’s…
Empire Of The Sun
ThreePeace - Empire of the Sun Album Review
ThreePeace Empire of The Sun Album Review Threepeace - ThreePeace Official Website Empire Of The Sun Sheehan…
Chili Town
Chili Town with Hinds
Hinds, a female group you wish you where a part of. This Spanish band has collectively created a sound that uses 1960's girl groups, indie, smooth…
Decide
Experimental Decisions
'Decide' curated by Junior Empire attributes an avant-garde techinque. As a band this track sounds like a track full of repeated loops, layers…
Summer Of '69
The original ending to the Summer of '69
Music is always subject to change. Over the years a lot of changes have passed us by in popular music. Most changes happen almost organically. One…
Brother
Simple Significance
Sometimes you just need a little bit of beat. You’re halfway through the day, and a push is needed, but just a gentle one; a simple song…
Makeshift Love
Good Charlotte Makeshift Love
Your favorite middle school pop-punk band is back! That’s right, this week Good Charlotte released they’re first song since 2010…
Bajo la Tormenta
What if the sky falls?
Yes, without you noticing. The songs are not only dance them or to mourn, let you reflect on life situations of this way. It shows your feelings and…
Strange
Feeling Strange
[W]hen I was little I was obsessed by churches - by how they were built and how someone had created them because they believed in it so much, and it&#…
Don't Be Shy
Kule T starts solo career
When the intro of Kule T’s “Don’t Be Shy” begins, you think he’s making a big statement to break away from his days as an MN8 member. The unusual…
Beautiful People
Elegiac Ambience
“The original instrumental to Beautiful People is a personal song about loss, hopelessness and chaos, but the message is love and hope.&…
Crystal Bell
Gothic Female Metal artist, Ayin Aleph, releases new video for Crystal Bell
Hollywood based, but European raised, Ayin is at the confluence of classical music and heavy rock, combining Baroque influences (massive choirs) and…
Dreams Tonite
Sublime Melancholy
Canadian synth-pop quartet Alvvays have followed up on In Undertow with Dreams Tonite: the second glimpse of…
Will I See You
Seeing too much
On my Twitter timeline, it was kind of big news that Justin Bieber producer Boo Bear was working with Latin singer Anitta, whom I had never heard of.…
Let It Ride
Let It Ride
A collaboration between two leading artists on the American music scene, this song from Robert Glasper’s sixth studio album “Black Radio 2” is a real…
Perfect Places
Perfect Places Questions the Reality of What It Means to Live In the Moment
Lorde's recent single 'Perfect Places' finds a home within the party animal in all of us. Well, on a deeper note 'Perfect Places'…
We Come Running
Fight The Good Fight
Nothing like a bright pop song to illuminate your day and Youngblood Hawke's (an indie band from LA) We Come Running does this genre of…
Closer
Lemaitre Have Us Believing Happiness Is That Much Closer
'Closer' by Lemaitre featuring Jennie A. was ironically discovered (for myself) through the new Pixel Google Phone commercial that Youtube…
Lust For Life
A remix of Lust for Life proves that Trainspotting 2 doesn't have an era to soundtrack
T2: Trainspotting is a rare film sequel that is as good as the original by taking its characters to their logical conclusion. These dudes are bad…
Stir It Up
Stir it Up - Bob Marley & The Wailers Cover by ThreePeace from Marleyfest
Stir It Up - Bob Marley & The Wailers Cover by ThreePeace from Marleyfest feat. Jeff Warner - Live at Churchill's October 14, 2017…
Valentine
Perfect V-Day Song
Californian singer-songwriter and guitarist Kina Grannis' 2010 song Valentine might be a relatively old song, but it's still one that manages…
Si Quieres
PREMIERE: The last video of Juan Gabriel
If you want average duration over six minutes, was published in the Mexican channel in Youtube Vevo website, where Mennos two days of its release,…
Dreamworld
Wakeful Possibilities
She was the girl with the string around her neck -ing with the boy who could only give her less It could be more if she learned to never expect -ing…
Attack
Fifi Rong Flips the Video Game Script with Attack
London-via-Beijing singer-songwriter and electronic music producer Fifi Rong's recent single Attack arrives on the heels of the titular…
Boyfriend
Real Lesbian Representation
With all the advances in legal LGBT rights in the West, gays and lesbians are no longer confined to closets and underground scenes. Part of the…
I Dare You
The xx Tell Us 'I Dare You' And We Dare
As The xx cross over into a dream pop sound, their latest music video 'I Dare You' is an ode to a California romantic, teenage haze. With…
Talk To Me
Talk To Me Issues Out Nightly Longing
Talk To Me by Nightly came as a surprise, while scrolling through Youtube searching for bands I had not come across before, lo and behold, Nightly. A…
Bounce Back
Big Officially Bouncin` Back!
Mr. Big is back to enlighten us again... Latest visual of the Bounce Back joint produced by the amazing …
Kill Em With Kindness
Selena Shows Kindness
She always seems to come out with a new and engaging topic within her music career. Media always seems to get involved some way or another. …
Everything Is Embarrassing
Maybe If You Let Sky Sing
Yes, Pop acts are everywhere and they all happen to be models turn musician. Some can not even come close to having a hit single and other's go…
Gold Chains
Funkadelic and Slightly Tragic
Goldensuns have popped out their latest track 'Gold Chains' where Funk rhythms are processed through a slight trembling and tragic lyrically…
Party Monster
The Weeknd releases new music video
If we talk about artists who glittered in 2016, certainly you have to name The Weeknd, because I knew how to make great music and captivate its…
CAN'T STOP THE FEELING! (Original Song From DreamWorks Animation's
Justin Timberlake and his song for ''Trolls''
Timberlake became a star in the late 90s as a member of NSYNC group, one of the most successful pop formations. There he managed to stay on top of…
Song for Dan Treacy
Namesake
Writing a song for a good friend? Do it the way MGMT has. With Song For Dan Treacy; it's anything but ordinary. MGMT says of the man behind the…
Body Love
IDER Transforms Heartbreak Into Emotional Growth With Body Love
North London duo IDER (Megan Markwick and Lily Somerville) began gaining attention for their delectable brand of delicate,…
Star Roving
Celestial Dreaming
On 12 January, English shoegaze and indie rock band Slowdive released their first track in 22 years, since their third album (1995). As they…
Bohemian Rhapsody - Remastered 2011
Never ending rhapsody
With the end of the year nearing, it is time for all kinds of lists. Lists of the best and the worst of 2016 have already reached my desk…
Art Deco
Ghetto Art Deco
Art Deco, a track from Lana Del Rey's fourth studio album Honeymoon (2015), has long been rumored to be about her music scene…
Easy
Super easy to get into
At the beginning of this year, I blogged about Bonnie McKee’s inner wild child when she released the track “Wasted Youth” with a party hardy video.…
Good Goodbye (feat. Pusha T and Stormzy)
And it just gets worse: Linkin Park, Good Goodbye
For a band that has been globally popular for over fifteen years you wouldn't think Linkin Park would need to worry about gaining new fans. I'…
Nadir
Dynamic Stagnation
London electronic duo TENDER (James Cullen and Dan Cobb) recently released Nadir, the first taste of their upcoming album from Partisan Records. The…
Dirty Harry
Grace Who Gives and Takes
New, different and a whole slew of words are slipping out of my head as 'Dirty Harry' by Grace repeats the chorus. After being given the gift…
Restart
The year of the restart
Say, do you remember that year that Beyonce had taken off? I don't. I remember hearing about her planning it, but then it was followed by the…
Freak
10 Minute Freak
Lana Del Rey is not an artist I play very often. Her music can be pretty laidback, but I usually also find it to be a bit moody, and that’s…
Crash
Usher's catalog now contains Crash and Burn
Usher pushes his vocals to the limits on his new song “Crash”. Opening the song in falsetto. He released the audio for this on…
Buzzcut Season
Buzzcut Season Was The Beginning For Lorde's Newest Album
As Lorde's newest single 'Green Light' and 'Liability' hit the radio airwaves, it only seems natural to revisit Lorde's first…
Change the Paradigm
Austra's Change the Paradigm is an Operatic Antidote to Political Fatalism
The list of grievances that a protest song could address in 2017 has only diversified and grown as the months progressed: income inequality, sexism,…
Windowlicker
Windowlicker: A spectrogram to the digital soul
Literaly nothing could have prepaired me for the first time I saw the epic music video for Windowlicker, which honestly deserves as much attention as…
Mad World
Revisiting Tears for Fears
This song reminds me of every day when you run through your motions and everything is the same and everything is dissatisfying and disappointing and…
Lost Boys
Puer Aeternus
I love those, lost boys... rings a bell not unlike that of the famous film that has a single boy that has yet to grow up and who leads a band…
Smile More
Deap Vally Tells Us What Not To Do
I presume it would be safe to say that Deap Vally flew out of the San Francisco Bay area at full throttle towards any neighboring stage they could…
Desire
Dilly Dally's first single Desire doesn't dissapoint
With a white noise-esque sound blowing up my speakers from the beginning and then shortly after the gritty smoker voice lead singer, Katie Monks,…
Christmas Time Is Here
November came December
The carols and Bagpipes are sounds that capture the spirit of Christmas, a global tradition, where the arrival of the hope of mankind is celebrated.…
The Glow
Heart in Echo
With their sophomore album What Now (2016), North Carolina electropop duo Sylvan Esso claimed to have given full permission to themselves to…
Vitamin C
Hey you! You're losing your Vitamin C
“CAN” are one of the great classics of experimental rock. They are often considered pioneers of krautrock, but they are far more…
We Are the People
Psychedelic Surrealism
Thanks to a well-scored Honda Civic ad, Sydney electro-glampop duo Empire of the Sun (Luke Steele and Nick Littlemore) have placed a…
Femme
Francophone Chic
“Honestly, we’re no Georges Brassens, Jacques Brel or Félix Leclerc ... As artists who sing in French, I feel like…
Dutch Rebelle
Kitchen confessions: Interview with Dutch ReBelle
Not so long ago I had the priviledge to hear this wonderful lyricist in a collaboration hit with none other than Ransom himself, the…
Pearl Jam
Pearl Jam Environmentalist, demand sanctions for those responsible for ecocide in Brazil.
American alternative rock band (Grunge) formed in 1990, Pearl Jam demanded an exemplary punishment to those responsible for the dumping of sludge and…
Cazzu
Argentinian cazzu trap
Julieta Cazzuchelli , who is better known by her stage name ' Cazzu ' , is a young woman who has been around for almost 10 years in…
Sentimiento Muerto
Trailer Book At the Right Time Dead Feeling by William Padrón
William Padron, brings us closer as never had been to Feeling Dead, the enigmatic band of Venezuelan Rock. Founded in 1983. Few bands have had much…
Jennifer Scott
Meet Jennifer Scott Elegance, Playfulness, & Talent Personified
Jennifer Scott is an internationally recognized vocalist and pianist who delivers her music in French, Italian, Spanish, Brazilian Portuguese and…
Vic Mensa
Vic Mensa`s OMG Finally On You Tube!
From his latest EP The Manuscript, Vic Mensa comes back to music light with his latest promo single OMG. The…
The Beatles
The Touch Of Imagination
In the bed, in the room, in the house, in the street, in the hood, in the city, in the district, in the country, in the universe…you are…
The Beatles
Full Circle: The Beatles & Hip Hop (It's A Black-White Thang)
How do you measure the greatness of an artist? Is it through record sales or awards and accolades? Is it through the number of times a musician&…
Foo Fighters
Foo Fighters wanting to record more
Foo Fighters is one of those legendary bands that years pass and still stand, making good music, and so, the band 's drummer, Taylor Hawkins,…
Fanny Lu
Colombia and Cuba come together and let it be Whatever God wants.
Colombian singer Fanny Lu launched by the Cuban group Gente de Zona today 'lyric video' of their first single together, Whatever God…
Shakira
Shakira and Carlos Vives are sued for plagiarism
A Madrid court has admitted a lawsuit for alleged plagiarism against Carlos Vives and Shakira for their hit song La Bicicleta 2016 Latin Grammy for…
Los Cafres
Los Cafres are working on a new album
Consecrated Argentina reggae band, Los Cafres, still on his: producing new hits. The native of Buenos Aires confirmed they are working on a new album…
Becky G
Becky G continues to sweep with Mayores
The beautiful Becky G introduced a new song Mayores a month ago, accompanied by a video that has become a real success. So much so that it already…
Ludwig van Beethoven
An Interesting and On-Top Performance of Beethoven’s “Missa Solemnis”
One of the most breathtaking pieces that make me sing for joy is Beethoven’s “Missa Solemnis.” It weighs very heavy on the heart from the “Kyrie” to…
Pedro Capó
Pedro Capó remains with good projection
Pedro Capó is surprising and leading sales in the Latin market of the United States and Puerto Rico. His new album En Letra de Otro has become…
Korn
Korn premieres the theme Insane
The famous band of rock / metal is back and better way. Just released the video for her new item entitled Insane, which will be part of the 12th pool…
Juanes
Juanes will reveal his artistic history on television
Chasing the Sun the new project in which the Colombian singer is focused working, which was based on the story of the rise to stardom of the artist…
T-Pain
Swedish PAIN is Heavier Than T-Pain
Formed more than two decades ago, Pain was conceptualized as a hobby-project of Peter Tagtgren. Within time, it became his main band, pushing even…
Zapato3
They premiere a documentary about the band Zapato 3
The rock and roll reaches the rooms Venezuelan cinema with the screening of the documentary Flight over you, which records the trips and concerts…
Foyone
Foyone: #RapNoCut XXVIII
'' Foyone '' is without doubt one of the MC's emerging Spanish attracting greater expectation in recent years…
Dub War
Dub War
The sun is shining like your eyes. The sun sounds like a fat dub bass. The sun looks fantastic almost like you. You are gorgeous and beloved; so…
Hillsong United
Go! to walk on water
A song does not give super powers. Not the promises, but when an artist and the public come together in one voice, the experience of what happens…
Ricksha Radio
Brand New Release Hideaway from Ricksa Radio!
Ricksha Radio’s musical journey began on the night that frontrunner Bob Dimick first heard the Beatles play on live TV — from that moment on, Dimick…
Maren Morris
Maren Morris – EP Review
Up until last year, the majority of the public had never heard of Maren Morris. She seems to have just suddenly burst onto the country music…
Kygo
Kygo premieres First Time with Ellie Goulding
The Norwegian producer KYGO continues to insist on working with pop superstars after huge success of It Is not Me by Selena Gómez. This time,…
T. Hardy Morris
T. Hardy Morris Interview
T. Hardy Morris fronts Dead Confederate and is part of the indie rock supergroup, Diamond Rugs, but his latest solo album, Drownin’ On A…
El Nomad
El Nomad; Future of Hip hop/Soul?
Probably the best multi genre artist I've heard in a while. His style is so unique that he can switch genres, tempos, and subject matter without…
Carlos Vives
Back to Argentina!
Carlos Vives continues his great success and continues conquering Latin America with his new songs. For this and to maintain his star title, the…
The Chainsmokers
The Chainsmokers and Coldplay released a joint song
The DJ The Chainsmokers the British band Coldplay came together in a new song that is something like a combination of Closer and Hymn for the weekend…
Akapellah
Venezuelan rap is on the rise.
Without a doubt, Venezuela has been an incredible rise with respect to rap, being one of the genres in which we have more artists representing us.…
Kudai
Karma, Youth and Freedom
Of our past actions, there is always a result, it's like a Boomerang, which comes and goes and is Karma. If you do something wrong, it can…
Downtown Boys
Waves of History - Downtown Boys
What category do you put Downtown Boys in? Don't, this is a band that no genre could hold for the sheer amount of power that goes into their music…
Gualberto Ibarreto y C4 Trío
All 10 of C4 Trio on DVD.
The Latin Grammy winning group C4 Trio launches the DVD entitled 10 C4, which is included its latest promotional single Feeling Nacional who play…
Major Lazer
Havana vibrated to the rhythm of Major Lazer
José Martí Anti-Imperialist Tribunal, based in the city of Havana, is the name given to the place that, since 2000, it was proposed to host…
Modern Blossom
Modern Blossom
Like my Dead Friend My yellow cup is full of coffee and milk – the substance is scary and alive. My grey street is full of spring &…
Maroon 5
Maroon 5 will close Rock in Rio Lisboa.
The American band Maroon 5 and Swedish DJ Avicii star in the final stretch of the festival Rock in Rio Lisbon, which reconverts today to the…
Bomb The Bass
Bomb The Bass
My heart is a beating drum. My heart is an eternal explosive. My body, my mind and my soul are the fire of love. I’m a boy – I need a girl / I’m a…
JAY Z
Jay-Z Opens Up & Discusses 4:44 in Detail During Rap Radar Interview
Jay-Z has never really been one for interviews so when he does take part in one it’s something special. Just a few days ago he was featured in an…
KISS
The Fall of Gene Simmons
Rock and Roll All Nite sounds in the background, red and blue lights drench the stage and thousands of people applaud when, unexpectedly, Gene…
Usher
Usher holds us tight with Chains
R`n`B veteran Usher is packing up with some heavy machinery, shooting the strong political life massage,…
El Cuarteto De Nos
The Cuarteto De Nos premiered an album
Cuarteto De Nos is an alternative rock band formed in Uruguay in 1984. They are fifteen albums in his musical career, including his most recent album…
Divine
Divine
Native Love Divas are everything. They turn on the lights and tell us when to love and when to pass out being too drunk of their love. Divas are…
La Femme
la femme
Hi. I am back again and I’m not going to stop. Holidays are crashing my feelings and my nervous system every year. If you still feel like a…
Weezer
Weezer Releases Video Honoring Guns N' Roses
Weezer is a Californian alternative rock band that has been on the world music scene for 25 years. In its trajectory you have composed 10 studio…
Guns N' Roses
5 songs with a lot of Hard Rock
The highway to hell will have a soundtrack and will be pure hard rock. This genre will make music seriously, making the best of each instrument and…
Lil Supa
Dojo Nation + OFFICIAL PHOTOS
Friday afternoon Caracas I could enjoy rap catagolado event of the year, for nothing more and nothing less responding to the development of '…
Michelle Branch
Take Note: Michelle Branch Has Officially Returned
You have certainly not been a pop fan in the early 2000s if you have not loved Michelle Branch to the bits when she was crooning along to “Game of…
Tchami
SIAW, the return of Tchami
It's been a while since we heard anything new French preoductor, Tchami. Fortunately, the wait is over, his latest single titled is a sign…
Shawnee Kilgore
Shawnee Kilgore Goes Back to Eden
Back in 2014, Shawnee launched her Kickstarter campaign. In her video (a tribute to Dylan's Subterranean Homesick Blues), she held up a card that…
Taylor Swift
Swiftly changing again
Taylor Swift is a master of reinvention, and even more so in creating a buzz. That sweet little girl that told the world a love story has turned into…
Rihanna
Rihanna released her new album “ANTI”
American singer continues to surprise his loyal fans. This time the sexy girl for free Barbados launched its eighth album called ANTI. The new album…
Justin Bieber
Brothers Bands & YouTube
From The Jackson Five who with their afros sang and danced A, B, C ... 1,2,3, then Hanson with her long blond hair playing his MMMBob; The Jonas…
Francisco Tárrega
guitar for life
The six-stringed instrument as we know it today, at least we qualify as Spanish guitar was devised by Antonio de Torres Jurado, a Spanish builder…
Vladimir Vysotsky
The grandfather of the Russian rock. Vladimir Vysotsky.
Vladimir Vysotsky may be considered as a grandfather of Russian rock. His songs are recognized and loved by many different people. Many of his songs…
Björk
Venezuelan produces possible next Björk album
Bjork revealed that he is working on a new album, but this time a little more cheerful than Vulnicura the tortured work that took last year.…
Bad Bunny
Bad Bunny takes Apple Music
The rabbit of the trap does not stop growing in the lists and its success becomes increasing. The 22-year-old Puerto Rican was selected as the New…
Rels B
Re-Member
B. relays, also known as relays or lately Skinny Beats Flakk, is an MC and producer from Palma de Mallorca. The multitalented artist has become one…
Sixto Rein
Sixto Rein pronounces on Venezuela.
Sixto Rein said he was present at the third edition of Heat Awards where he made his presence felt in a show where Farruko was in charge of…
ABBA
Abba returns in pixels
We live in a lucky era, where technology has grown exponentially. With this you can create wonderful and unique things, enabling us to live other…
Colin Lloyd Tucker
Another Moonlight Serenade. New Old School
My promotional CD arrived with a hand written note from Colin containing the somewhat cryptic message ‘more of the same old new horizons&…
Wisin
A collaboration between Wisin and Nacho is coming
It was learned a few days ago that the talented Venezuelan Miguel Ignacio Mendoza, Nacho, is preparing a collaboration with the Puerto Rican Wisin.…
Fergie
Fergie has returned “Hungry”
And had long been wondering what had happened to Fergie, and I could not believe that motherhood had away so long from the music scene, but like many…
ZAYN
Zayn announced new song with Sia
Former One Direction, Zayn Malik has announced that he will release a new single which will feature nothing more and nothing less than Sia in the…
Serenata Guayanesa
Serenata Guayanesa will offer its repertoire to Caracas
From childhood classics like flea and the louse to themes of romance as Viajera River up the musical repertoire of the Venezuelan group Serenata…
Schoolboy Q
My Favorite Artists Right Now
My favorite rapper right now— that’s hard to say, but these are a few of the rappers that I’m currently listening to. &…
Imagine Dragons
Imagine Dragons premiere video of their song Whatever it Takes
Remy Ma
How to get everyone talking
As you know, hip hop is not really my area of expertise, but this weekend, you couldn’t really get around this beef between Nicki Minaj and Remy Ma. I…
La Oreja de Van Gogh
Van Gogh's Ear continues its successful tour
The Oreja De Van Gogh remains in a great artistic moment. The group is touring several cities of the United States presenting the songs of their most…
DJ Khaled
DJ Khaled and Rihanna team up to present Wild Thoughts
After the mega hit I'm the One along with Justin Bieber, Chance the Rapper, Lil Wayne and Quavo, DJ Khaled decided to launch a new song with…
Radiohead
RadioHead went crazy
Radiohead has been characterized by being very close to its fans. The British are always looking for ways to communicate everything new that they…
Rick Ross
Rick Ross type beat
It's no secret that only lazy people do not talk about Rick Ross today. The first single from Ross, Hustlin', became a&…
Soulful Abstraction
The Cosmic Flow
open.spotify A Drum Driven, Jazzy Futuristic, Dance Mix to hype you up to get on the dance floor. Recorded at Shoo Bop Records, Detroit.…
Elvin Jones
A Different Drummer
The best thing in this digital era is that you can search Youtube for almost anything. I search for documentaries most of my time, and I’m…
Nelly Furtado
Four years later: Nelly Furtado
In 2012 she released her last album, Indestructible The Spirit, and now, at the end of 2016, Nelly Furtado returned to the scene with their sixth…
Grimes
5 Female Producers/Mix Engineers Who Are Setting The Music Scene On Fire
It’s no secret that women often don’t get enough credit for their work behind the scenes in the music industry other than for…
The Beatles
A short brief on The Beatles and their work in film
In the mid-60’s, well before the invention of music videos as we know them today, it was common practice for a band to capitalise on their…
Pharrell Williams
Pharrell Williams Returns to Despicable Me Soundtrack
For the continuation of the saga of My favorite villain , singer Pharrell Williams has included in the soundtrack several tracks and a new single…
Mater Suspiria Vision
Mater Suspiria Vision
They all are wearing black shapeless garments. Faces are veiled and their voices are strained and delayed. They all speak a mixture of different…
Berta Rojas
A deserved recognition for Berta Rojas
Paraguayan guitarist Berta Rojas classic, has been three times nominated for the Latin Grammy Awards, and recently received by the Foreign Ministry…
Major Lazer
Major Lazer dresses up for Christmas
At Christmas, always pleasant surprises arrive by record labels, and Mad Decent, Diplo record label, declined to surprise all he published and launch…
So-Cal Rocket Dynamics
So-Cal Rocket Dynamics Take Over the World
So-Cal Rocket Dynamics is a heavy neo rockabilly band from the Los Angeles Area. Thier catchy and aggressive sound was born in the west coast car…
Saga Neutron
''RapStars'' Neutro Feat. Pellah
Liomar Acosta, born in June 1993 in Caracas, Venezuela, is known in the music world as Neutral SD Caracas, who -. Approved by some and criticized by…
Romeo Santos
Romeo Santos records a song with Julio Iglesias
The Dominican bachatero Romeo Santos told today that along with legendary Spanish singer Julio Iglesias recorded a song titled My friend, dedicated…
Los Mesoneros
The Mesoneros continue with Solo
Innkeepers is an important Venezuelan band is doing things right. Make good songs, they have a consistent harmony with their melodies, ie, sound good…
José Luis Rodríguez
Together José Luis Rodríguez and Chayanne.
It is no secret the delicate state of health which is the Venezuelan singer Jose Luis Rodriguez El Puma which suffers from an incurable disease for…
Sigala
Follow her does not stop
From London, the DJ and producer Sigala, is already giving a lot to talk about in the various international territories, because in addition to two…
La Vida Bohème
Ours will be the fight, the new of La Vida Boheme
We will be fighting. With this phrase the latest recording project of the native group from the city of Caracas, La Vida Boheme is completed. The…
Zephyr
Remember Zephyr?
Billed as a blues-based hard rock band, Zephyr was much more than that. It is the culmination of the sixties, with all the styles and genres blended…
Marc Anthony
A duet to remember “Marc Anthony with his Father”.
Puerto Rican singer presents his new project and this time the privilege of doing with the person who gave him life, his father Felipe Muñiz 81-…
Carlos Baute
Carlos Baute's family will increase
Venezuelan singer Carlos Baute announced in his Instagram account that the family will be enlarged: What a joy to share with you our second pregnancy…
The Rolling Stones
In the blue
I know that my love for R&B has shown here, many times. Even though I think the origin of blues in today's Rhythm & Blues are…
Brady Toops
The Big Story with Brady Toops
Brady Toops has recently released his stellar new record, Tried & True, which captures current day Folk music at it's…
Parry Adams
Get Your Whiskey Fix (and No Hangover) with Parry Adams' Latest Album!
Pitssburgh based singer-songwriter, Parry Adams, recently released her latest album Whiskey Aftermath. Her motto “Music straight. No chaser” resonates…
Chris Berardo & The Desberardos
Chris Berardo & The DesBerardos The Quintessential Americana/Roots Rock Band
Esta semana he tenido el placer de entrevistar a Chris Berardo sobre su banda de rock de gira a nivel nacional Americana / Roots, Chris Berardo y La…
Lady Gaga
Artists Annoyed by not paying them the money that corresponds to them for their work.
We can not overlook this news over a billion of musicians internationally and Lady Gaga, Paul McCartney, Elton John, David Guetta, Ed Sheeran,…
John Mayer
Still the same man with the same music
John Mayer fed the rumors about his never ending crush on Katy Perry, and their on-off relationship, with the release of his latest jam, “Still Feel…
Nacho
This is why Reggaeton is Reggaeton
Reggaeton has been popularized by latines and for the world. Nacho has been one of the Venezuelan exponents of Romantic Reggaeton. In this…
Ozzy Osbourne
Ozzy Osbourne is back with a new reality show
Renowned British rocker Ozzy Osbourne, former lead singer of the metal band Black Sabbath, has confirmed his return to the small screen with the…
Axl Rose
Axl Rose debuted against AC/DC with a leg injury
Sitting on a wheelchair with his leg in plaster because of an injury, Axl Rose appeared on his debut as a temporary lead singer of the rock band AC /…
BEAT3
And Lucy got to heaven with her diamonds
Saturday August 13 was the premiere of the musical Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds in the Cultural Center BOD, located in La Castellana, Caracas. The…
Jack Garratt
One to Watch: Jack Garratt
As I’ve mentioned before, I’m always on the lookout for new music. I first came across Jack Garratt when he came on stage at a…
Enrique Iglesias
Heart hurts makes Enrique Iglesias happy.
Enrique Iglesias today celebrated the popularity keeps her single It hurts the heart, a topic that registers million views on the Internet and is…
Moxkito
Music Review : Moxkito - Thinking Like a Living Legend
CEO of Mox Flex Music Moxito who doubles up as a record producer rapper and songwriter has once again released a brand new song titled “…
Aerosmith
Aerosmith: Latin America for goodbye
The legendary American rock band, Aerosmith, says goodbye. After 46 years together and millions of records sold, the Boston native group will bid…
Chris Tomlin
I LOVE THIS SONG!
How great is the sea, how great is the sky, how great is the universe. How great is the love of God, rivers of living water that fill people who cry…
James Brandon Lewis
James Brandon Lewis On The Rise
Personally, watching James Brandon Lewis Trio live at last summer's North Sea Jazz Festival in Rotterdam was a cathartic experience. I thought…
Kill The Noise
Kill The Noise Occult Classic Album Review
New York Dubstep powerhouse Jacob Stanczak more formally known as Kill The Noise, released his new album titled on October 9th, 2015. This…
Ulises Hadjis
Ulises Hadjis premiered video clip of At the end of time
Venezuelan singer Ulises Hadjis place in the middle of this year his fourth studio EP Movement and Other Stories About the End of the World. Getting…
Brett Eldredge
Brett Eldredge @ KOKO, London, UK | February 14, 2016 – Review
Brett Eldredge took to the stage in the UK for the first time on Sunday night, and I’m sure he nor his band, crew or team knew what to…
Loalwa Braz
It was Loalwa
The lifeless body of Loalwa Braz Vieira was found on 19 January. Carbonized, inside a car, lay the singer who was known worldwide as the interpreter…
JAY Z
All up in Jay Z's business
As a rapper Jay Z had quickly made a name for himself, but with a net-worth estimated at $610M this year (by Forbes), which means he earned $110M this…
Eileen Carey
Country Music Artist Eileen Carey Premieres New Music Video “Meet Me Halfway”, On YouTube
Country Rock artist Eileen Carey has been topping international charts with her projects and most recently released a hit music video off…
Wayne Shorter
The Herbie Hancock/Wayne Shorter Manifesto
Herbie Hancock and Wayne Shorter are two rare geniuses, whose careers last for more than 60 years now, and whose impact on contemporary music is…
Sixto Rein
Sixto Rein and his other place
The career of this corduroy is one of the most followed among Venezuelans, and that Sixto Rein has presented topics that have become hits that have…
Axl Rose
Axl Rose on tour with AC/DC
Axl Rose, the leader of the US group Guns N'Roses, will be the lead singer of the Australian rock band AC / DC during the upcoming European…
Robert Cohen
Robert Cohen Plays Bach
I just discovered Robert Cohen a great cellist and overall string player. In this video he is playing the cello suites of bach—the Sarabande…
Candy Dulfer
What happened to sax in music?
Do you also have a reoccurring theme in your weeks? A topic that just keeps coming back in various conversations or in whatever else that happens in…
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Red Hot Chilli Peppers' Anthony Kiedis Hospitalized.
Saturday Anthony Kiedis was rushed to hospital for a strong stomachache a few minutes before a presentation in Irving, California during the…
Glenn Frey
Glenn Frey's guitar strings go off
Maybe it was not the best-known member of the band The Eagles, the fact is that Glenn Frey, died on January 18, bequeaths a particular style in his…
Cher
Cher celebrates 50th anniversary
I don’t think I’ve ever been so happy to have been given a reason to write about an artist before. Cher is releasing a new DVD called “The Whole Story…
Keak Da Sneak
Bay Area Rapper Keak Da Sneak Shot
Bay Area rapper Keak Da Sneak who has been in the music game since the nineties was reportedly a victim of gunfire last Friday 20th of January 2017.…
Ellie Goulding
Ellie Goulding prepares new song with Calvin Harris
British artist confirmed in a recent interview that he is working with the DJ and producer Calvin Harris for a new song together. Ellie was…
Zion & Lennox
Zion and Lennox at the top again
The single again seizes the Billboard and all lists internationally. It is will be his second week on the list Latin Rhythm in the first place. The…
Pablo Alborán
Pablo Alborán achieving success.
Pablo Alboran continues to reap success with their third studio album Terral since this June 22 received in Mexico City a gold record for selling…
Skrillex
Skrillex going back to his roots?
The American band From First to Last and the genius of dubstep Skrillex, again join forces to create the spectacular single 'Make War'…
Nicolas Jaar
Nicolas Jaar
It sounds pretty stupid if someone says: “I’m fond of space”. In fact, I’ve never heard anyone saying such a…
Josh Thompson
Josh Thompson ‘Turn It Up’ – Album Review
Josh Thompson was yet another artist whose in-depth material was new to me this year, and naturally amidst the chaos of bro-country, I was worried…
Danny Barnes
Danny Barnes Interview
Danny Barnes returns to Country Fried Rock to discuss his recent accolade, the Steve Martin Prize for Excellence in Banjo and Bluegrass. Barnes has…
The Weeknd
The Weeknd broke Justin Bieber's record
The music platform Spotify said the Canadian singer The Weekdn broke the record so far carried the baton his countryman, Justin Bieber and became the…
Spice Girls
Leaving some spices out
It’s been THE question for this year, 2016. Will or won’t the Spice Girls reunite? This year, it’s exactly 20 years ago…
Chin Injeti
Chin Injeti
What if Prince, David Bowie & Gary Numan got together to write a song? With his latest single titled On My Own, 3x Grammy-winning producer,…
Los Pericos
Los Pericos present “Unattainable”
Six years had to pass for fans of reggae and ska band, Los Pericos, return to enjoy a new musical success of Argentines. This new record reflects…
Andrew Combs
Andrew Combs On Texas Country, ‘All These Dreams’ and Moving To The Main Stage – Interview
We were lucky enough to be front and centre during the press conferences at the recent C2C Festival in London. Andrew Combs stopped by to talk about…
Nicky Scarola
Rock from nostalgia: Nicky Scarola
There are musicians who are like a shadow, without this being in any way offensive. They are musicians who are behind the sounding of those in the of…
Eric Church
Eric Church ‘Record Year’ – Single Review
Eric Church, for a mainstream country artist, doesn’t follow rules. This was already apparent when he followed up his commercial…
Jimmy Valentime
Laughing For The Wrong Reasons Press Release
The title comes from a famous story of Dave Chappelle exodus from his hit Comedy Central show. As a visiting executive laughed a little two hard at a…
Kingsborough
Kingsborough Sets the Bar High with 1544
Kingsborough shares with us today their epic new release, “1544.” It makes perfect sense and no sense at all that “Low Down,” is the first…
Drake
birthday drake
Drake celebrated his 30th birthday in a big way. The Canadian said that in December will launch their new album More Life which will consist of a set…
Courtney Barnett
Courtney Barnett's Avant Gardener
Courtney Barnett Avant Gardner Listening to WFUV in New York City last week, I came upon -Courtney Barnett's…
David Bowie
Ziggy Stardust and the Rise of Theatrical Rock!
If there was a musical era I could be re-born in, I would have picked the early 70s in a heartbeat and without a second thought. So much…
Gorillaz
Gorillaz: Back
In 2012, English musician Damon Albarn, also a singer of the group Blur, said the rock band virtual Gorillaz, would take a break indefinitely, as he…
Ebbot Lundberg
The Soundtrack of Ebbot Lundberg's Life
Even though this is the third solo album Ebbot Lundberg has come up with unless you are familiar with the Swedish band he fronts, The…
Stella Parton
Stella Parton Unearths ‘Buried Treasures’ In New Compilation, But Doesn’t Bury Her Bitterness
As a big fan of Dolly Parton, her younger sister Stella has always been of slightly elevated interest to me than perhaps she would be for the wider…
Kanye West
Kanye Has Me Excited... For No Reason
It’s 7:18pm, I’m sitting here writing this for you, the reader, and a question is arising in my head. Why am I excited for Kanye&…
Coat Check Girl
COAT CHECK GIRL AND HER VENEZUELAN CONSCIOUSNESS
Coat Check Girl is a Californian band composed of two Venezuelan brothers André and Alejandro Rodriguez. During his early teens they formed a…
Juanes
Juanes will perform at the Nobel Prize ceremony
This Dec. 11, the Colombian singer Juanes will sing at the concert that Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos who was elected as Nobel Peace Prize…
David Bowie
David Bowie released his new video Lazarus
British musician continues to demonstrate his creative abilities and has decided to launch his new video Lazarus and second promotional clip of their…
Reba McEntire
The Right Time For Reba McEntire’s Sing It Now! Songs of Faith and Hope
The timing is so right for Reba McEntire’s new album Sing It Now! Gospel Songs of Life and Hope. These seem to be newly written songs and arrangements…
J Balvin
Evil
In line with what was announced a few days ago, soon it will take place the release of the new album by J Balvin, which is called Energia. Energia…
Flatbush Zombies
The Heart & Sole of Converse
Although Converse is most widely recognized for its iconic sneakers, the roots of the brand run much deeper than footwear. Converse was built on a…